Doubting Thomas

Shivu,
I have no idea about Blacks in Kerala. But kerala has many cultures which are strikingly different from rest of India. One of them is Syrian Christians.
It is a common belief that Christianity came to India with the Portuguese. But this is not true.
History says, Thomas came to India in the first century from Rome( or Jerusalem ?). He was considered as a contemporary of Jesus. He was one among the 12 apostles of Christianity. Followers of Thomas are considered as syrian christians with so many factions , like many castes among Hindus, which is too complicated to read and understand. Thomas was said to visited Gooruvayoor at that time & opened few churches around that region.
If any one has a too many doubts, we call him as doubting Thomas. This has origin from the "Thomas" of current discussion. He expressed doubt about Jesus. Exact details, either  I have forgotten or don't know :( .
Lokesh.

PS: this my understanding of history{15 years back}, and like to stand corrected If I am wrong :-)

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On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Shivakumar K. S. <samuyash@gmail.com> wrote:

Blacks are in plenty in Wayanad. We call them tribals. I always thought they were Adivasi's meaning they were there here, before people like us settled in this part. Now, with this piece of information, I get to know, they are 'foreigners'. Am I correct? 

'Lefts' in Kerala are much behind safe guarding these foreigner's interest. 

Shiva Nanjanagudu. 

On 2 September 2010 22:19, Shivakumar K. S. <samuyash@gmail.com> wrote:

Loki,

I adhore you for this piece.

Shiva Nanjanagudu.

On 2 September 2010 21:32, Lokesh <sjicbangalore@gmail.com> wrote:

Fight between cops & Maoists has become routine in north eastern part of India.
 15 years back, I read about guerilla warfare in Indian History and went on a small trip to check the history!!.
Shivaji had to fight Auraghazeb to retain his power in present day Maharastra. But logistically and BY experience Aurangazeb's armY wAS far superior. One advantage of Shivaji was his excellent knowledge of local terrain, which was present day Sahyadri hills or western Ghats. He started fighting guerilla warfare against Aurangazeb (If I am not wrong, during our high school one chapter was dedicated to this fighting where shivaji used monitor lizard to climb a fort ! ). He hired blacks from Portugese for guerilla warfare. Portugese used to bring blacks from Ethiopia as slaves. These blacks settled in karnataka, Goa. In current karnataka, they are found in yellapura, siddapura, zoida taluks of Karwar district. They are called as 'Siddis'.
In 1996, I went to siddapura, yellapura, zoida to see them. They are also said to be present in Goa where portugese colonized. But I didnot see any in Goa or probably my eyes were blurred when I was in Goa !.

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